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Title: Transit of Venus, 1882, Decr. 6 to accompany the paper by Staff-Commander J. E. Davis, R.N.

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1869

Publishers

  • London : published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, by J. Murray, Albemarle Street, 1869.

Summary

Diagrams show apparent motions of sun and Venus with respect to locations in Antarctic Ocean, Antarctica, southeastern Australia, and southern Africa. Elevation of the sun shown along vertical axes. Factors of parallax plotted on diagrams in concentric circles. Longitude shown in hours east. Locations of suggested stations for astronomical observation along Antarctic coast are shown. From: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 39 (1869), pp. 91-5; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.39 1869.

Subjects

  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Antarctic Ocean; Antarctica
  • Transit of Venus—1882
  • Astronomical geography
  • Astronomical unit—Measurement—History
  • Venus (Planet)—Transit—1882
  • Venus (Planet)—Observations
  • Southern Hemisphere—Maps
  • Antarctica—Maps
  • Thematic maps
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (20.0, 180.0, -20.0, -90.0)
  • Geometry: BBOX (20.0, 180.0, -20.0, -90.0)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Airy, George Biddell, 1801-1892. Transit of Venus, 1882, Decr. 6 to accompany the paper by Staff-Commander J. E. Davis, R.N.. London : published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, by J. Murray, Albemarle Street, 1869.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-rj4307069

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng